Only 0.8 degrees this morning and frost on Lagoon Reserve. It’s reached the time of year when even winter advocates are willing the seasons to turn. Thoughts turn to gardening. When SKINC (St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Cooperative) and Friends of Westgate Park decided to merge they knew they had to relinquish their cherished logos to find […]
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Heritage
Sharing Stories
Saturday’s Piers Festival centred on Station Pier. Twenty years ago, storyteller and refugee advocate, Arnold Zable wrote about Station Pier ‘If there is a site in our city that I would call sacred, it is this pier … It was here, in January 1933, that my mother stepped ashore from the French boat the Ville […]
Yarra & Bay
Stony Creek
Will the herons return? Just one week after the fire in Montague, a thick black smoke plume visible across the Bay signalled a fire in the west. Shortly after 5 am on Thursday 30 August, MFB fire crews arrived at an out of control blaze at a warehouse on Somerville Road in West Footscray. The […]
Fishermans Bend & Montague
Destination Fishermans Bend
My journey began on Liardet St, Port Melbourne. The bus stop stands on the former Sandridge Lagoon. With the 606 only running every 40 minutes, I was unduly early for the timetabled bus arrival time. Emerging from among the plants nearby, an interpretation panel explains that it is now Pareit or true spring, one of […]
Urban Planning
Flinders Bank
John Lack, the historian of Footscray, bemoans the quality of today’s local papers.1 He wonders where future local historians will find the detail of the debates in councils that were covered in local papers of yore. The audio recordings of Council meetings are an excellent source. While they may not be everybody’s idea of a fascinating […]
Port of Melbourne
Station Pier
A recurring complaint in Port Melbourne is that Station Pier is off limits to locals – even though that is only partly true. It is open except on cruise ship days – the number of which increase each season. But like a restaurant that is closed on the day you visit, the impression lingers. This […]
PORT & SOUTH MELBOURNE
Sharing Stories
Saturday’s Piers Festival centred on Station Pier. Twenty years ago, storyteller and refugee advocate, Arnold Zable wrote about Station Pier ‘If there is a site in our city that I would call sacred, it is this pier … It was here, in January 1933, that my mother stepped ashore from the French boat the Ville […]
FISHERMANS BEND & MONTAGUE
Destination Fishermans Bend
My journey began on Liardet St, Port Melbourne. The bus stop stands on the former Sandridge Lagoon. With the 606 only running every 40 minutes, I was unduly early for the timetabled bus arrival time. Emerging from among the plants nearby, an interpretation panel explains that it is now Pareit or true spring, one of […]
DOCKLANDS
Flinders Bank
John Lack, the historian of Footscray, bemoans the quality of today’s local papers.1 He wonders where future local historians will find the detail of the debates in councils that were covered in local papers of yore. The audio recordings of Council meetings are an excellent source. While they may not be everybody’s idea of a fascinating […]